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Will this be the hottest weather temperature game the Wanderers have played in tonight I wonder?

Going to be water breaks I suspect....

I imagine it'd be the first game we played in Penrith.

W-League would be Penrith as well, we played a game there in one of the early seasons that was so hot it should have been postponed, except for being an ABC television game so they didn't, they still did two drinks breaks per half I believe. It would have been one of the hottest games ever played in the A-League, W-League or NYL. In December there was a Perth vs Smurfette game that was so bad they also had two drinks breaks AND the referee couldn't continue in the second half because of the heat.

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W-League would be Penrith as well, we played a game there in one of the early seasons that was so hot it should have been postponed, except for being an ABC television game so they didn't, they still did two drinks breaks per half I believe. It would have been one of the hottest games ever played in the A-League, W-League or NYL. In December there was a Perth vs Smurfette game that was so bad they also had two drinks breaks AND the referee couldn't continue in the second half because of the heat.

Ahhhh yes the Penrith game...my shadow was burnt in to the wall there and not seen it since...that was bloody hot.

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The hottest A-League game I’ve ever experienced was around this time back in either 2014 or 13. It was an away game down in Melbourne and was our first game against Victory in Melbourne since the Bourke Street brawl. It was about 44 deg all day, we had a police walking guard the whole way to AAMI park from the pub cause they were worried about retaliation and it took about 30 mins to walk to the ground. It was still 39 deg at 7:30pm as the game kicked off. I reckon I lost about 2-3kg in sweat that day and I was wearing a singlet, boardies and thongs haha. When we got back to our hotel at midnight it was still 36 deg. Some of the hottest weather I’ve ever experienced

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The hot topic should be the starting backline. I wouldn't mind seeing Hamill go to left back with Zeigler and Tas in the middle and Russell on the right. Elrich is just way to slow (especially in this heat) but would be handy cover off the bench.

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Could we stick Cordier in left back with Zig and Tass in the centre and Russell on the right? As much as i like Hamill he just isnt up to scratch to be our go to CB let alone captain, he needs to step up if he wants to keep that spot and sooner rather than later or i think he might be goneeeeeeeeeee

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I’m being deliberately naive but the current cap system which is in place is broken. It doesn’t balance out the league. You already see SFC and MV exploiting it and CCM scraping the bottom of the barrel. This is already when we have a cap floor of 10%.
If City wanted to spent more money within the current cap system to win the league they could. They even tried with the Cahill rule where they essentially had 3 marquees. Frankly, the HAL is much lower in their pecking order and they would rather spend on their MLS, JLeague or CSL investments first before us.
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